“Not a legal defense”: Trump Jan. 6 lawyers “appear to have criminal exposure” as DOJ hauls in Rudy
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“Not a legal defense”: Trump Jan. 6 lawyers “appear to have criminal exposure” as DOJ hauls in Rudy

Salon  

As the Justice Department's investigation into former President Donald Trump's role in overturning the 2020 election advances swiftly, prosecutors are examining the role his allies played in pushing out false claims about election fraud, including plans to assemble "fake electors" in key swing states that were won by President Joe Biden, according to The New York Times. Federal prosecutors last week interviewed Trump's former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who actively promoted baseless legal theories challenging the presidential election results, individuals familiar with the matter told The Times. "Trump's lawyers can be charged with conspiring to overturn the election results," former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told Salon. "The fake electors scheme, which can be described as unapologetically brazen in its disregard for the law, appears to be at the center of the special counsel's January 6th inquiry and has been a focus of Fulton County District Attorney's investigation into President Trump and his team," Temidayo Aganga-Williams, partner at Selendy Gay Elsberg and former senior investigative counsel for the House Jan. 6 committee, told Salon.

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